Personal data
Dirk Niebel
Born
on 29 March 1963 in Hamburg, Germany
married, with three children (1993; 1995; 2000)
Professional experience
Since 01/2015
Head of international strategy development and government relations at Rheinmetall AG
Since 01/2014
Policy advisor and management consultant Niebel International Consulting
2009-2013
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
-
Responsibility for an annual budget of €6.33 billion
- Reform
of German implementing agencies for Technical Cooperation, merging
them to
form Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit, GIZ (17,000 staff in more
than 100 countries)
-
World Bank Governor for Germany
- Member of the KfW Board of
Supervisory Directors
2005-2009
National General Secretary of the FDP
- Responsible for two
national elections, 14 state (Länder) elections and one European
election with successful outcomes
1998-2013
Member of the German Bundestag, Heidelberg Constituency
(Parliamentary Group: Free Democratic Party, FDP)
1998-2009
Spokesperson on labour market policy of the FDP Parliamentary
Groupin the
Bundestag
1998-2009 Member of the Committee on
Labour and Social Affairs
1998-2002
Substitute Member of the Defence Committee
2002-2005
Substitute Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
1993-1998
Placement officer at Heidelberg job centre
1990-1993
Public administration studies at the Federal University of Applied
Administrative Sciences in Mannheim and Heidelberg (Departmental
Branch for labour administration), degree in public administration
(Diplom-Verwaltungswirt (FH))
1984-1991
Fixed-term career soldier, paratrooper
Completed a staff
sergeant training course (top of his class); most recently:
reconnaissance platoon leader at the 25th Airborne Brigade; currently
Reserve Captain at the Special Operations Division (DSO)
School
education
1983 Entrance qualification for
universities of applied sciences
Volunteer
positions
- 1998-2009 Deputy Chairman of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group
- 2000-2010 Vice President of the German-Israeli Association
- 2004-2005 Member of the Heidelberg City Council
- 2003-2009 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for
- Freedom
- 2003-2011 Member of the FDP federal executive
- 2011-2013 Member of the national Executive Committee of the FDP
- 1998-2013 Member of the Baden-Württemberg Executive Committee of FDP/DVP (German
- People's Party)
- Since 2005 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Israel Foundation in Germany
- Since 2009 Member of the Board of Trustees for the President Friedrich Ebert Memorial
- Since 2009 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Christian Liebig Foundation
- Since 2009 Patron of the German Rugby Union
- Since 2014 Member of the Advisory Board of the "Institute for Cultural Diplomacy"
Skills and
qualifications
Instructor aptitude examination
(1989), good international connections (UN, EU, other donors)